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77 280z , put in a new fuel pump started right away. After a few days tried again nothing ,cranks put I cant hear the pump, a little later that day started. Any ideas? Troy
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I put a new header on, then went to start the car and it wants to crank but won't. I disconnected the EGR. All the injectors are working. I spray starting fluid in and it's starts and dies. I pulled the plugs and it seems like it's getting too much gas, but then again if it was getting enough I'd image that it would run. Any suggestions?
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Can an ECU from a 1975 280Z be used in 1976-78 280Zs? Are the ECUs from the 1975-78 280Zs interchangable? Thanks, Shadesh
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Alright i have a 2/75 Datsun 280z i have owned for two years now and i have done alot of things to it i'll try to list most of the things that i have done to it I have taken out the tank and cleaned it Replaced the fuel filter Installed new Injectors New Fuel Pressure regulator Checked Fuel Injection Harness Sent in ECU Replaced Fuel Injection Relay and it still won't run there are probably a few things i didn't think of but if you ask i'll probably remember but the story is that it was running and i had replaced the transmission fluid and was test driving it around reving it testing the transmisson which is automatic and i parked it and was letting it run and my dad sa…
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Somewhat similar to the one posted a few days ago, I still can not find my problem. I have a 1978 280z w/EFI and have replaced pretty much everything in the fuel flow, except for the Pressure regulator and Dampener. It starts no problem, runs for 15-20 minutes no problem, then starts to putter and enventually stalls at idle. It's then difficult to start unless you let it sit for 20 minutes or so, then starts easy and the same scenario all over again. I'm thinking it's the fuel pressure regulator .... does anyone have opinions on this?
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Hello, I have picked up another '72 240Z around a month ago and have been slowly working out problems in the car, like the anoyng problem with my turn signals. My dad had a simalar problem in his 260Z a couple years back, but now I'm looking for a good solution. When I first started to tinker with it I had noticed that the Green power wire had been bypassed along with the factory flasher unit, in place was a cheeepy flasher unit with a power spliced into a random power wire. I tested the old green power wire and it had no power, wanting to drive my z I put the cheepy flasher back in. A week later I had no turn signals so I took apart the switch and cleaned the contacts a…
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Front frame repair 1 2 3
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This was supposedly done professionally. I finally got around to checking out the undercoating on the front frame rails. After I dug around a bit I found some pop riveted plates. After popping those off I found they filled the holes with great stuff. On the inside edge of the frame rails is a big peice of angle iron bolted through at the engine cradle, sway bars, and at the back edge. After pulling out the foam it looks like the inside edge of the frame is relatively sound. Also, ahead of and behind the hole feels quite solid. If I can weld the inside frame rails to the angle iron and the plate the outside with 1/8 inch steal would this be an acceptable fix? I am not …
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I got a new fuel pump for my 77 280z , ran good for a while,then died. It was the pump full of rust, from the tank.Now the pump is dead, can someone tell me what fuel pump I should buy and were I can get it.Also what I should do so this won't happen again. Thank you
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Looking for suggestions... I just tried installing the Motorsport Auto 4-piston brake upgrade kit (Toyota s12+8 calipers for solid rotors) and ran into trouble getting a reliable seal that doesn't leak brake fluid. I bought this kit (calipers, pads and brake lines) over a year ago and finally found time to install it during a front end rebuild. Since I can't return the kit, since I purchased it a while ago and also painted the calipers, I need to figure out a way to install the kit without spend more bucks. Here's the problem... This kit came with the banjo bolt stainless steel brake lines - even though it is evident that these calipers were not designed for this typ…
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Hi there I hope somebody is out there I am trying to Carry out the ZX Alternator swap on my 1975 280Z Here is the problem Alternater is up and the connections are back on one is supposed to connect the White wire to the Yellow wire and the Green wire wuth the Red trace to the White wire with the Black trace. There is no green and red wire.! Help!!!!!
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Hey, I have a question regarding the centering of the wipe pattern on the rocker arm. I went all stock with my rebuild so when it came to lash pads, I called MSA and asked for whatever came stock on the car and figured if i had any wipe pattern issues to work from there. I performed the wipe pattern test and i am off center towards the valve side. I called MSA to find out what the stock thickness they sent me and he said .127. Which also happens to be the thinest they have. So normal logic of going with a thinner lash pad to move the pattern towards the pivot won't work. Then he suggested shimming up the towers. I already have one shim under the towers. I was goin…
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I was planning to do the modification where you close off the passageways inside the BCDD on my 1978 280Z. Will this completely screw up the function of my EGR valve (since I have to pass smog), or will vacuum still be applied to that ported vacuum nipple? Thought I might ask here in advance before I started tearing into it.
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